Mid-Cycle Pause Analog Update: First Signs of Euphoria?
Since I last updated my big-picture, mid-cycle pause analog framework for assessing US equities in mid-October in this post, optimism about Trump’s tax plan and its ability to successfully sail through Congress has mounted. Tax-related optimism has begun to infect…...
No Good Bulls
Below I plot last week’s AAII reading for bulls. At just 19%, there are among the fewest % of bullish respondents in the survey’s history dating back to the early 90s. Indeed, there have only been 17 other readings this…...
Sentiment Round-Up
With the market’s incessant lurch higher of late it seems appropriate to do a sentiment round-up. I’m not going to editorialize the charts/data points below, but simply present them, with descriptions of what they are where appropriate, and let you…...
Current Conditions in AAII Sentiment Survey Have Been Fulfilled only Eight Other Times Since 1987
Always struggle to find much value in the AAII Sentiment Survey data and commentary. That said, the conditions in this week’s survey data have been fulfilled only eight other times in history. Here are the conditions being filtered upon –…...